Featuring the book Closing the Achievement Gap by Yvonne Freeman, David Freeman, and Sandra Mercuri, this kit provides the guiding principles and practices for supporting literacy development of long-term and limited formal-schooling ELL students in middle and high school.

Topics addressed include the characteristics of long-term and limited formal-schooling students, strategies and routines for making content more comprehensible, how to help ELL students succeed academically, and the classroom texts that best support literacy development.

• Framing Observations and Questions
• Study Group Guidelines
• NCTE Guideline: NCTE Position Paper on the Role of English Teachers in Educating English Language Learners (ELLs)
• A Notebook for Writers
• Professional Readings